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AL BOILER.

(Application filed Nov. 18, 1897-) Patented Oct. I8, ms. 0. son

AGBICULTUR (No Model.)

Attorney.

CHARLES GORTON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

AGRICULTURAL BOILER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 612,411, dated October 18, 1898. Application filed November 18, 1897. Serial No. 658,926. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES GORTON, of New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Agricultural Boilers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon,which form part of this specification.

This invention relates to the class known as agricultural boilers, and has for its ob ject economy of space, efficiency in use, cheap in first cost, and simple and durable and read ily operated; and to this end my invention consists of a boiler made in sections, preferably senlicylindrical in form, each section in this instance having one flat side and so arranged that each flat side faces the other,leaving a space between them, the sections to. be connected near their bottoms by suitable smoke and heat flues. Two or more sections may be used, each having flat sides and uniting to make a nearly cylindrical form.

l'leretofore agricultural boilers have been made bulky, heavy, and cumbersome, which rendered them difficult to move from place to place about a farm, and frequently the stock had to be driven to where the boiler was located instead of taking the boiler where the stock was, and thus much time and loss ensued. My invention is so constructed that it can beremoved from the barrel or tank and conveyed to any part of the field or from one part of the barn-yard to the other and placed in another barrel or tank, thus making it perfectly portable for use.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents the feed cooker or boiler partly in section, also showing it located within a barrel ready for use. Fig. 2 shows a plan view of my improved boiler within the barrel.

The same letters designate like parts throughout both figures.

A is the barrel, and B the heater, with firespace therein, in which is located a grate, preferably inclined.

G is the auxiliary heater,connected to heater B by flue D. This flue D is located near the bottom of the heaters, the heaters and flue being water-tight, so that leakage into them from the barrel is provided against.

The top or lid (1, of heater B is removable and generally detached when fuel is to be supplied to the furnace or fireplace. This lid (1 is provided with handles for lifting it off, as usual, and also with draft-opening b, which may be of the register pattern and made to control the draft.

The auxiliary heater 0 is provided with an uptake or chimney d, through which the escaping smoke and gases pass.

The operation of the apparatus is as fol lows: A suitable barrel or tank being supplied with water, the heater is placed therein until it is submerged. Suitable clamps of any ordinary construction may be used to retain the tank in a submerged condition. The lid is then removed and fire is made upon the grate of any suitable combustible material. When the fire is well under way, the lid or cover is again placed in position and the draft regulated, when it is ready for use. Vegetablessuch as corn, turnips, potatoes, or food of any kind suitable for cattle or hogs or other animalsare then placed in the tank or barrel and undergo the process of treatment (cooking) to be fed to said cattle or other animals,

The advantages of cooking food for live stock are admitted by every thoughtful and thorough farmer. The actual saving in food has been proven by experiment by hundreds of farmers, both practical and scientific. To get the best results out of the cooker, it should be entirely submerged; otherwise much heat will be lost by exposing any portion of the heating-surface to the atmosphere.

By making the sections segmental and flatsided and separating them so that water will come in contact with the said fiat side I get a vastly-increased heating-surface without increasing the fuel-space or encroaching upon the space for the food, so that I really have a double heater instead of a single one, and

. thus almost double the capacity of the cooker,

without increasing its bulk or quantity of fuel to be used in cooking a given quantity of food.

I may describe a very important use of the heater without detriment, and that is in Very cold and frosty weather my heater can be placed in the trough for Watering cattle before they drink, and thus take off the extreme cold from the water, which chills the animals if drank cold at that particular season of the year.

Hundreds of good uses might be set forth I for this simple invention, but it is thought that the foregoing is sufficient for the ready understanding of the most ignorant person to make and use it.

It will be understood that many modifica tions or alterations may be made within the scope of my invention without departing from the spirit thereof.

In this construction the danger from fire is greatly reduced, as the fire in the apparatus is entirely submerged within the tank, and

CHARLES GORTON.

lVitnesses:

RALPH 13. LITTLE, CHAS. E. GORTON. 

